Yannis Spiteris

Yannis Spiteris, Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Greek: Ιωάννης Σπιτέρης born August 27, 1940 in Corfu, Greece) is the current Roman Catholic Archbishop of Corfu, Zante and Cefalonia and apostolic administrator of Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki. In 1968 he was ordained Catholic priest and on March 22, 2003 was appointed archbishop, being ordained Catholic bishop on May 18, 2003.[1]

Styles of
Yannis Spiteris
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylenone

Life

Bishop Yannis Spiteris was born in Corfu (city), the capital of the Greek island of Corfu. He came from a large Christian family and took his graduation in a Capuchin monastery and laid on December 10, 1963 his first monastic vows.

After his theological studies Spiteris received on 24 July 1968 by then Archbishop of Corfu, Antonios Varthalitis his ordination. He completed a doctoral program in theology at the University of Fribourg and later received a teaching position at the Pontifical Lateran University. Spiteris served as vicar and pastor in several churches on the island of Corfu, in Athens and in Crete.

On 22 March 2003, he was appointed Archbishop of Corfu, Zante and Cephalonia, the consecration took place on May 18, 2003 by Antonio Varthalitis, his predecessor in the Archdiocese of Corfu, and Nikolaos Foskolos, Archbishop of Athens and Frangiskos Papamanolis, Bishop of Syros.

Beside the archbishopric of Corfu his bishopric also holds the office of the Apostolic Administrator from his bishop because since 1929 Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki is Sede vacante.


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References
  1. "Archbishop Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Retrieved 18 May 2012.


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